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Security heading for the cloud
News Cloud-based proxy computers could provide security services traditionally performed locally, such as enforcing authentication, data loss prevention, intrusion prevention, network access control and vulnerability management. [17 Jul 2008]
Gov't data retention - how much is too much?
News He added: "It is open to abuse in future, governments could propose to use it to control citizens for 'their own good'. Advances in technology could put the UK on the road to a Minority Report-style future, a security expert has warned. [10 Jul 2008]
ID cards face student scorn
News Another asked: "How do we protect our British freedoms and put a stop to this totalitarian scheme to control our identities? Site forums so far have raised fears about data security and governments abusing the information despite the glowing... [09 Jul 2008]
Corporations riddled with security holes
News Open Secure Shell (SSH) buffer management flaw below version 3.7.1: Some SSH servers are running a version of OpenSSH which is known to be vulnerable to a buffer management vulnerability that can allow attackers to stop servers from working or... [19 Jun 2008]
Developers snub Vista for XP
News IBRS' Sweeney claimed that one of the major problems developers have had to overcome when working to build applications for Vista is its new security model - otherwise known as user account control (UAC). [19 May 2008]
Microsoft hits back at Vista security critics
News If I, despite all prompting and consent behaviour, choose to go to a (probably dodgy) website, accept the ActiveX control prompts to download (probably dodgy) code and I actually choose to execute that code then I'm hosed. [16 May 2008]
Public trust eroded: Data breaches to blame
News Evans said BCS members, and the BCS itself, had been "deeply concerned" about public-sector data control practices for many years. Security from A to Z The British Computing Society has criticised the government, claiming its high-profile data... [30 Apr 2008]
UK online spend up 50 per cent this year
News Madden said: "I think shoppers feel a little bit more in control when they are shopping in their own homes. Security from A-Z… The results conflict slightly with other data out recently from the British Retail Consortium, which found shoppers were... [22 Apr 2008]
HSBC loses 370,000 customers' details
News A spokesman for the FSA said: "We look to firms to put controls in place to look after things such as information security and data control. Full Disclosure campaign silicon.com is aiming to make businesses and government take data security more... [07 Apr 2008]
Data breaches: Don't blame 'stupid' employees
News We need to move away from command and control and interact with them. There has been a spate of high-profile security breaches dating back to mid-2007, which has led the government watchdogs to demand action be taken against organisations and... [03 Apr 2008]
Biometrics the future for flying bliss?
News Sita has had general talks with the UK government about future border control systems and has been involved with developing a number of precursors to these technologies, including the miSense biometric security trial at Heathrow Airport. [21 Feb 2008]
How the good guys fight the security arms race
News Hartman: The biggest chronic issue we hear these days is the fact that sensitive data in organisations is no longer under central control of the IT organisations. Bret Hartman has over 25 years of experience building data security systems and... [15 Feb 2008]
EU border checks go biometric
News Automated border control systems and guards would be able to check visitors' identities using the biometric data, with EU and trusted travellers from outside the EU able to speed up the process using automated gates.silicon.com's A to Z of Biometrics [14 Feb 2008]
Taxman goes high-tech in fraud fight
News A control room will be established and the contract will allow 4,000 handsets to connect to the Airwave network. HMRC's project manager, Stephen Walton, said security was always going to be a "major factor" when it came to choosing the radio... [13 Feb 2008]
Biometrics open up Heathrow Terminal One
News Biometric data is already in use for border control purposes at other airports in the UK, including Gatwick and Manchester Airport. The technology ensures that a transferring international passenger cannot swap travel documents with a domestic... [08 Feb 2008]
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